The Digger And The Flower – by Joseph Kuefler
Illustrated by Alison Brown

建議年紀：4-8歲
簡介： 故事裡有三種工程車： 起重機、堆土機、挖掘機。他們每天辛苦工作。挖掘機發現了一朵花，他每天照顧這朵花，有一天，因為要在土地上蓋房子，堆土機把花給堆平了！挖掘機好傷心呀！他發現土裡有花小小的種子，他決定要帶著種子到別的地方種下。挖掘機來到沒有工程車的空曠地方，每天照顧種子，直到長出花來，幫花澆水、擋風、為花兒們唱催眠曲！小朋友，你喜歡花嗎？你有種過花嗎？有照顧過小植物嗎？跟爸爸媽媽說說你種植物的經驗吧！

音樂來源：
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-qr_fxv18o&list=PLHJogB7e47KUIIDX7K8NBVjrZRTGeaYE1&index=1

Hoist升高
Crane起重機
Dozer 堆土機
Digger 挖掘機
Whistle 哨子聲
I am beat. 我累癱了
Rubble 瓦礫
Shield 掩護
Switch off 關掉
Scoop 舀
Care for關心

It was morning and the big trucks were ready to work.
“Let’s hoist,” said Crane.
“Let’s push,” said Dozer.
“Let’s dig,” said Digger.
Together they built tall buildings for working.
They built roads for driving and bridges for crossing.
They built and built until the loud whistle blew.
“I’m beat,” said Crane.
“Me too,” said Dozer.
The other big trucks took a break.
But Digger did not.
He had found something in the rubble.
“Hello there,” he said.
The flower was tiny, but it was beautiful.
Every day, while the other big trucks built, Digger visited the flower.
He watered it when its leaves looked dry.
He shielded it on windy days.
And just before he switched off for the night, Digger sang the flower a bedtime song.
The flower grew. But the city grew, too.
Soon, every space had been filled.
Every space but one.
“We need to put a building here,” said Crane.
Dozer started his engine.
Before Digger could stop him…
Dozer blew a big puff of smoke and cut the flower down.
Then the other big trucks went back to work.
But Digger did not.
When the smoke cleared, Digger saw something in the rubble.
“Little seeds,” he said.
He scooped them up and drove.
He drove past the tall buildings.
Past the farthest house on the farthest street.
He drove to a place no big truck had ever been.
There, Digger stopped.
He dug and scooped and tucked the seeds into the warm earth.
Every day, Digger cared for the seeds.
He watered them when their leaves looked dry.
He shielded them on windy days.
And just before he switched off for the night, Digger sang the flowers a bedtime song.

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